Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for the opportunity to talk about Dan Didio, James Robinson, Greg Rucka, and Action Comics (along with some Flamebird and Nightwing thrown in for good measure), Skottie Young and Young X-Men, monthly comics and reading for the trade, The Boys from Dynamite, Gemini Blood, the craft of comic book lettering, JSA, Mia Kirschner's I Live Here from Pantheon, the !mpact and Charlton characters at DC, Ambush Bug: Year None, more Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, and much more!

This time around, we meander across the comic map with meaty musings on Dan Didio and James Robinson, Terra #2, WizKids, the Fourth World, Supergirl #35, Superman #677-681 and Action #871, Blackest Night, Batman R.I.P., JLA/Avngers, Deadpool, an Action without a Superman, the Brave and the Bold cartoon, Spectacular Spider-Man, Sgt. Rock: The Last Battalion, Kingdon Come Special: Superman, the World War Z film, Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel, Uncle Scrooge #382, Captain Britain and MI 13 #7, Iron Fist, Godland, Gigantic, an much more! Plus, the Hotline is exploding with an unprecedented SIX messages from the fantastic 11 O'Clock forumites! Yee!

Things get a bit serious as we ponder the price of monthly periodicals, hardcovers, digital comics, Terra #1, Agents of Atlas, G.I. Joe #0 from IDW, advertising in comics, Smallville, paper quality, Terry Moore's Runaways and Echo, Freak Angels, Alan Davis' Thor: Proof of History, Warren Ellis and Avatar, the effect of the election on comics, Final Crisis: Resist, Submit, and Rage of the Red Lanterns, Watching the Watchmen, the Adventure Comics Special featuring the Guardian, X-Men/Spider-Man #1, Jeff Lemire, Ghost Talker's Daydream volume two and coffee enemas (Okay, maybe not so serious, after all...), and a whole mess more! Plus, another hit on the Hotline!